Section 22 Consequential amendments, savings and repeals.

England and Wales

F1(A1)

Nothing in section 20A, 20B F2, 20C or 20I affects what constitutes contempt of court at common law.

X1(1)

The Coroners Act 1887M1 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in Schedule 2 to this Act (being amendments consequential on certain of the repeals made by this Act).

(2)

Any enactment, instrument or document referring to any enactment repealed by this Act shall, so far as may be necessary for preserving its effect, be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to the corresponding provision of this Act.

(3)

Any instrument or document made, served or given and any other things done under any enactment repealed by this Act shall have effect as if made, served, given or done under the corresponding provision of this Act.

(4)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(5)

Nothing in subsections (2) and (3) above shall be construed as affecting the operation of F3sections 16(1) and 17(2)(a) of the Interpretation Act M21978.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 22(A1) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 77(2), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 62
F2: Words in s. 22(A1) substituted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 196(4), 208(5)(x)
F3: Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)

Marginal citations

M1: 1887 c. 71.
M2: 1978 c. 30.

Editorial notes

X1: The text of s. 22(1)(4) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991